vamosrafa15
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james blakes experimental racquet is the new O3 hybrid, i talked to a prince rep and thats what he told me
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Stringer_Steve
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welcome to the 21st Century. Thank you for playing
vamosrafa15
Rookie
what is that suppose to mean
Stringer_Steve
Rookie
That's supposed to mean if you used the "search" function, you'd know that this has been discussed ad nauseum.
vamosrafa15
Rookie
i searched and no one said anything about the O3 hybrid.
tennistensai
Rookie
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=114712&highlight=hyrbrid+tour it was in the racket section
andyroddick's mojo
Professional
do you know when he'll be using this racket? when will he switch. can't wait to see what it does for his game. whether it be good or not.
vamosrafa15
Rookie
andyroddicksmojo, that is the racquet he is using. but it black because it is an experimental.
ollinger
G.O.A.T.
Pay attention, vamosrafa15, or you will be replaced by vamosrafa16. Blake's current racquet doesn't have 03 holes on it, black paint notwithstanding. It is his old, presumably Dunlop, racquet.
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vamosrafa15
Rookie
i just hit with it this morning. it has tiny o ports in it. and i think the prince rep knows what he is talking about since he is at every master series and grand slam. ok
vamosrafa15
Rookie
thank you someone finally agrees
Volly master
Semi-Pro
we've been discussing this for months, its not its totally new to the tennis world that he is using a 03 hybrid.
and besides, its no need to get offenseive over such little things in this world
and besides, its no need to get offenseive over such little things in this world
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Safety Dan
Guest
He is using the O3 Hybrid in the US Open this year - just paused the TV tonight and saw the "O" ports on the sides but not top and bottom of the black racquet...
Blake will switch to the O3 Hybrid Tour NOT BEFORE the end of the US Open. And after nine months Prince is now getting a bit nervous. They have an option until the end of the year. If Blake didn't switch until this date they will probably quit the contract. Some other companies might wait for this. Look at the new TF T-Fight 335: It's quit similar to the actual Blake racket!
Richie Rich
Legend
right on. the guy has used the same frame for many years so it's really hard to change. i doubt he will ever use an actual prince o port racquet. i can see him going to another sponsor where he can just pj his regular frames (like jura said TF might be a good fit)jura said:
vamosrafa15 said:
VR15, don't take offense to what some people say, they get overboard being racket ****'s (the TW versions of the Soup ****). But also be aware that the Prince rep's job is to sell rackets, so obviously they want the public to believe their new racket will be used by Blake. A couple yeard back I asked the Dunlop rep about the tour version of the rackets that Haas and Blake used and he acted like there was no such thing because Blake used the 300g.
Most people wheter they are a Racket **** or not pretty much agree Blake, Haas, and Mauresmo use a racket that is custom made for them and the closest you can actually get to it is a racket called a Tyger where the mold was derived from. This is the reason Blakes current racket says Princ eon it but they do not stencil it with the P.
onkystomper
Hall of Fame
well he is def holding a dunlop at the moment!! He may well be the next ferrero who tries a 'new' racket for a while then bins it!!!
mary fierce
Banned
So there are people who actually think Blake is using a Prince, but Prince didn't feel it was important to put a "P" on the strings for the most watched tournament of the year? How much sense would that make?
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PrestigeClassic
Guest
mary fierce said:
As much sense as a lot of other topics here.
jackson vile
G.O.A.T.
It would make no sense for him to switch going into this tournament when he is trying to win.
I think we will either see him switch next season or he will go else where, why did he leave dunlop in the first place, and how long did he play with that frame for, if it was for more than 3 years why even switch.
This is the price you pay for selling out, Ferrero learned his lesson and I hope others do also, life is not all about money, and many forget the reason they started playing tennis.
Yet it would be interesting to see him go with Technifibre
I think we will either see him switch next season or he will go else where, why did he leave dunlop in the first place, and how long did he play with that frame for, if it was for more than 3 years why even switch.
This is the price you pay for selling out, Ferrero learned his lesson and I hope others do also, life is not all about money, and many forget the reason they started playing tennis.
Yet it would be interesting to see him go with Technifibre
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Dunlopkid
Guest
Yeah, it would be weird seeing him with a Tecnifibre. Maybe he'll be the Andy Roddick of Tecnifibre. A-rod made Babolats popular. Maybe Blake could do the same. But it would really help Dunlop if they got him back.
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justafan
Guest
Blake's racquet
It couldn't be!
Where are the big holes on the sides?
When you watch one of his matches check out the six and nine-o-clock positions. It does look like there is something going on there to facilitate string movement a la the wilson racquets but no large holes. If you look at the photos of the O3 tour it has large holes at the six and nine-o-clock positions.
Maybe it's his own version but it doesn't look like the one advertised for us to buy.
Hmmm
It couldn't be!
Where are the big holes on the sides?
When you watch one of his matches check out the six and nine-o-clock positions. It does look like there is something going on there to facilitate string movement a la the wilson racquets but no large holes. If you look at the photos of the O3 tour it has large holes at the six and nine-o-clock positions.
Maybe it's his own version but it doesn't look like the one advertised for us to buy.
Hmmm
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